Master thesis

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Science and Medicine
    Domain Environmental Sciences
    Code UE-SSE.00461
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Master work
    Level Master
    Semester SA-2022

    Teaching

    Responsibles
    • Wallimann-Helmer Ivo
    Teachers
    • Garcia-Portela Laura
    • Wallimann-Helmer Ivo
    Description

    A master thesis in the MSc in Environmental Sciences and Humanities serves to demonstrate the ability of a student to engage in an argumentative analysis of interdisciplinary challenges in environmental practice and governance from an ethical or humanist perspective. The thesis demonstrates independent research of a student leading to a scientific paper, ideally ready for handing in to a scientific journal. It documents the student’s acquired competencies in examining an issue or topic of environmental practice and governance following scientific standards.
    Training objectives

    Students learn how to conduct research in the field of environmental practice and governance by conducting interdisciplinary research form an environmental ethical or environmental justice perspective.
    Softskills No
    Off field No
    BeNeFri No
    Mobility No
    UniPop No
  • Assessments methods

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  • Assignment
    Valid for the following curricula:
    MSc in Environmental Sciences and Humanities [MA] 120
    Version: 2023_1/V_01
    MSc in Environmental Sciences and Humanities, Master thesis > MSc-SE, Master Thesis Module, compulsory courses (from AS2020 on)